New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-25
TROUBLE IN EGYPT.
AN UNwISE AND UNWORKABLE Gun NN'
TION WITH THE PORTE.
,opn RosypERY AS PEACEMAKER-s0sNhe W
AN AIL-NIGHT sEssIoN-APPALLiSa p''
CLOSURES AT THE WAR oFFIcs-Lo"
poN's CORRUPT CORPORATION
nuFrAIo BILL IN LITERATURE.
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LONDON, May 24-The E%yp'lah .-ta.ost IN
thought very serious by those "noSo - Iora
60 ao,,ntr,, 10 either potical financial. Aoiu
S.,;at,,,,,,s statement in the House OF Lorus III
ons,ror 70 7 ord Rosebery is an express admission
,not a, aoreemcnt with the Porte has peeh oon
o,uaoa nv Sir H. d. Wolff. When he auos oi'"'
Kilograms are so confusing that he c'iIho' 0"
far the agreement goes, he was unders'oou W ~
10 errors in transmitting or declpherine .'''e
As tho FOREIGN Office has thirteen separate ciphen'
,hat is not wonderful. "Ihe Standard" however,
has managed TO get telegram from Cohs'anUiho
ple which it believes is an authentic accouiio'
1.-The lines has information from other sources
probably financial, agreeing pretty well Win ne
standard Collating the two, it appears that
Sir H. d. Wolff has signed convention with the
Porte for the evacuation of Egypt at the end OF
three years There is proviso that Egypt Shall
not then be menaced from within or without;
a further proviso which applies to the whole con-
vention, that the European Powers assent; and
further stiI, that England, either alone or Jointly
with Turkey, may after the expiration OF three
years re-enter for due cause.
Upon all this but one comment need be made
England will not withdraw at the end OF Three years
This convention is meant to sOothe The susceplol-
ties of the Sultan and the French 1t will fail so
far as France is concerned. Nothing will satisfy
France but the immediate unconditional depart
ure of the English bag and baggage. Nor isiteasyt to
conceive of any French Ministry giving assent TO
the stipulation of English re-entry, even for the
sake of the promise to leave three years hence
The effect of the three clause in Egypt itself
will be, in the opinion of those who know the
country. simply disastrous Reforms will be
at a standstr administration hampered. the
Government weakened dlsaffection encouraged
and active conspiracy invited. No clear account OF
the financial policy given, but the Cdisse de la
dette is henceforth to have no control over other
moneys than those set apart for the service OF
the debt Bondholders will not approve that,
nor will foreigners generally relish the
prospect of being subject to the criminal
jurisdiction of Egyptian tribunals. This clause If
correctly given pretty much abolishes the capitu-
lations
"The Standard" disapproves the convention.
"The Times" callsit tunwise and un workable. The
DailysNewsn which has no news, relies instinct,
rails at both Lord Salisbury and Sir H. ID. Wolff,
and is prepared to condemn anything either does.
Lord Rosebery's two speeches at
Plymouth and Newton Abbot have
done something toward making ulti-
mate reunion of the Liberal party possible Neither
Lord Rosebery nor anybody else thinks immediate
reunion possible on any terms. Personal feeling
counts for too much. There is irritation on both
sides Lord Rosebery's view is that both
wings agree on the principle of Home
Rule. Lord Harrington aud Mr. Cham
berlaln are both ready to accept it on
the conditions and with safeguards which each has
clearly stated. Therefore" says Lord Rosebery
in substance "I believe the mass of the Liberal
party will some day rise and say to its leaders, We
will anoi0nt and hietoro~' panty brvhOn
ND on a question of detail You agree on principle.
You must manage somehow to agree on method"
When Lord Rosebery spoke at glasgow he was
mistakenly supposed TO announce an ultlmatum 10
the Liberal Unonists, speaking. moreover, after
consultation with Mr. Gladstone. Nobody VIII
imagine this speech made at Mr. Gladstone's sug-
gestion Mr Gladstone's attitude at least as ir-
reconcllabe as Mr. Chamberlain's, whom Glad
stonlans accuse l think unjustly of aiming at the
succession to the leadership, and therefore OBJ
structing efforts toward reunion. Lord Rosebery,
in spite of or because OF personal attachment 10
Mr Gladstone aud loyalty to his colleagues, holds
more nearly than anybody else middle position,
inHexible on the question of principle but think
ing compromise practicable on all but essential
points
The House of Commons enters to-day upon
recess after having spent two-thlrds OF
the session on some sixty lines of the
Crimes bill, which has twenty clauses. OBJ
structonf Oh, no! Certainly not Extreme sohc-
itude respecting details of egislatOn Yesterdays
sitting lasted till nearly six this morning aud was
diversified by sundry scenes. Mr.. Healy described
his opponents as damned lot of assassins." Dr.
Tanner being accused of calling Sir Trevor Law
renee damned coward" explained bandly that
he had really said the "whoe pack Of Tory men,
bers were damned towards" Subsequently DR..
Tanner get himself into difficulty with the Chair
man by an expression which seems too strong for
print. Mr.. w. II. Smith finally carried
clause Two, amid complaints by the Irish of
bad faith. Mr.. Smith means to be perfectly fair,
but some of the Tories behind him need not COM
plain Of Irish dlscourtesy
Not corrupt but utterly stupid, is the judgment
OF the Ordnance Inquiry Commission on the War
Office. Their report contains some of the most as
tonisbing literature of modern days. The system,
when any system exists, is bad The results are
unsatisfactory guns, six years' talk about rifles
and no rifles, swords that will neither thrust nor
cut. shells that don't burst fuses that don't light
cartridges that jam, bayonets bending into cork
screws the worst horse artillery gun in Europe in
word the system always at fault and the officials
ALWAYS blundering. The Commission show the
usual British tenderness toward individuals. They
propose to censure nobody much less punish Very
different would be Lord Wolseleys action If lie had
his way. His frankness of speech is among the
most refreshing features of a document which to
every Englishman can only be appalling in its rev.
elatioDs.
The Corporation of London escape from before
the House Committee with something very like
Scotch verdict of e" not proven" The Government,
moreover obviously meant to cover their retreat.
Mr. Bradlaugh as obviously means that the officials
whom he considers offenders shall not get away.
He will move, after the Whitsuntide recess that
the conduct of the City Remembrsncer. Town
Clerk and other members Of the Corporation as
disclosed in the committees report constitutes
breach Of the privileges of the House. Mr.. w. II.
Smith vyiIt No faciItiae mo-